, the venue for an american 1st 100 Center Street in Downtown Manhattan, playing host to a new chapter in u. S history. Today the arrest and arraignment of donald trump. Former President Trump is back in the city that made him famous. But this time to face a new reality, the first ever former president to Face Criminal Charges. Good afternoon to our viewers around the world. Im Anderson Cooper, new york and im jake tapper in washington, d c. Were just hours away from the opening gavel. Of the people of the state of new york versus donald j. Trump this is the scene, the Manhattan Criminal Courts complex for mr trump. Will surrender. Were told and then where prosecutors will drop and indictment spelling out multiple charges against him at this very moment, we still do not know exactly what those charges are and how many there are connected to mr trumps alleged scheme to buy the silence of adult film actress and director stormy, daniels said a pivotal 2016 campaign moment. As we come on a
cases, cases against high profile defendants. the place where bob morganthal assert for another 30 years, um, and a place that is next to the federal prosecutors, the most sophisticated, um, prosecutor s office in the country for things like racketeering, complex white collar crimes and. impressive cases with big name defendants with a reputation for impartiality. what you have here is, um, an interesting set of prosecutors, uh, based on alvin bragg, and that has made him a target for donald trump. but it s the office where where karin agness philo spent most of her professional career. and it is remarkable. i mean, i commented on this a moment ago, but he the many times he s come to new york as president. you know, you would expect to see dozens of police vehicles escorting the motorcade a motorcade pi three or four times